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Jaspal Bhatti

1955 - 2012

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Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 – 25 October 2012) was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He was most well known for his television series Flop Show, Full Tension and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was commonly known as the "King of Comedy" and also the "King of Satire". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaspal Bhatti has received more than 1,326,479 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jaspal Bhatti is the 95th most popular comedian, the 1,370th most popular biography from India (down from 1,172nd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

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  • 31.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Jaspal Bhatti ranks 95 out of 98. Before him are Aziz Ansari, Ralphie May, Chelsea Handler, Mitch Hedberg, Bo Burnham, and Nikocado Avocado. After him are Doug Stanhope, Ross Bagley, and Carrie Brownstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jaspal Bhatti ranks 735. Before him are Ian Botham, John H. Cox, Patrick McCabe, Joey Jones, Otis Birdsong, and Richard Hieb. After him are Willie Miller, John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, Tony Snow, Gillian Cowley, Sanal Edamaruku, and Pierre J. Thuot. Among people deceased in 2012, Jaspal Bhatti ranks 518. Before him are Miki Roqué, Hollie Stevens, Samia Yusuf Omar, Ajmal Kasab, Jorge Andrés Boero, and Andrew Breitbart. After him are Tony Greig, Sarah Burke, Doris Singleton, Ghazala Javed, Mark Lenzi, and Alan McDonald.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jaspal Bhatti ranks 1,370 out of 1,861. Before him are Mohammed Shahid (1960), Meena Alexander (1951), Parag Agrawal (1984), Raashi Khanna (1990), Tusshar Kapoor (1976), and S. J. Suryah (1968). After him are Renuka Shahane (1966), Parineeti Chopra (1988), Mohammed Shami (1990), Sadhana Sargam (1969), Amrita Arora (1981), and Shakeela (1973).

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Among COMEDIANS In India

Among comedians born in India, Jaspal Bhatti ranks 1. 

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